Biography
Injoo Whang (b. 1977, Seoul, Korea) is a mixed-media artist whose work draws inspiration from architectural elements. Through repeated marks and layered gestures, she reconfigures them into geometric abstract works on paper and collages using sumi ink and water-based mediums She earned a BFA in Korean Traditional Painting from Hong-Ik University in Seoul before moving to the United States in 2002. In 2004, she received her MFA in Fine Art from Parsons School of Design in New York.Whang’s work has been exhibited at venues including the Queens Museum of Art (NY), LA Artcore (CA), McColl Center for Visual Art (NC), Lee Gallery at Clemson University (SC), and the Total Museum in Seoul. She has been awarded fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center (VT), the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts (NY), the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (MN), the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (NE), and PS122 (NY).She currently works out of her studio at Camden FireWorks in Camden, NJ, and lives in Cherry Hill, NJ.
황인주 (1977년 서울 출생) 는 건축적 요소와 한국 전통 회화의 철학에서 영감을 받아, 반복적인 선과 제스처, 레이어링 과정을 통해 수묵과 수성 재료를 활용한 종이 작업과 콜라주를 기하학적이고 추상적인 형태로 재구성한다.홍익대학교에서 한국화 전공으로 학사 학위를 받은 후, 2002년 미국으로 건너가 2004년 뉴욕 파슨스 스쿨 오브 디자인에서 순수미술 석사 학위를 취득하였다.황인주의 작품은 국내외에서 다수의 개인전과 그룹전에서 전시되었다. 뉴욕 퀸즈 미술관, LA Artcore, 노스캐롤라이나 McColl Center for Visual Art, 사우스캐롤라이나 클렘슨 대학교 Lee Gallery, 서울 토탈미술관 등에서 단체전에 참여했으며, 버몬트 스튜디오 센터(VT), Constance Saltonstall 재단(NY), 앤더슨 센터(MN), Kimmel Harding Nelson 센터(NE), PS122(NY) 등에서 펠로우십과 레지던시를 수상하였다.현재 뉴저지 Camden FireWorks에서 스튜디오를 두고 활동하며, Cherry Hill에 거주하고 있다.
Artist Statement
I create geometric abstract works on paper, collages, and installations using sumi ink and water based mediums. Inspired by architectural elements, I recompose them while exploring the interplay between the individual and the collective, positive and negative, and simplicity and complexity.
Each piece begins with a single mark or paper cut-out, which I repetitively accumulate to form a larger whole. This process is rooted in traditional Korean painting and calligraphy where 'gi' (기)- the infusion of energy- is achieved through long periods of repetition and the artist's spiritual cultivation. Like the traditional layering of thin, translucent pigments dozens of times to achieve depth and variations of color, my process builds meaning through accumulation.
The energy that emerges from repetitive process creates immersive abstract landscapes that invite viewers into contemplative spaces shaped by collective existence.
작가노트
저는 건축적 공간에서 영감을 받아 그 안의 요소들을 재구성하여 회화, 콜라주, 설치 작업 등으로 풀어냅니다. 모든 작품은 하나의 선이나 종이 조각에서 시작되며, 그것들이 반복적으로 축적되어 더 큰 전체를 형성합니다. 이러한 과정은 한국 전통 회화와 서예에 뿌리를 두고 있으며, 기(氣) — 에너지를 불어넣는 행위 — 는 반복과 작가의 정신적 수련을 통해 길러집니다. 얇은 안료를 수십 겹 쌓아 깊이와 빛을 얻는 전통 채색 기법처럼, 저의 작업 또한 축적을 통해 의미를 쌓아갑니다.
이러한 명상적 과정을 통해 저는 개인과 집단, 채움과 여백, 단순함과 복잡함의 관계성을 탐구합니다. 반복의 행위 속에서 응축된 에너지는 추상적 풍경으로 펼쳐지고, 그 안에서 관객은 깊은 사유의 공간에 머무르게 됩니다.
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EDUCATION
2004 M.F.A. in Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2000 B.F.A. in Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 In Repetition, ACC Gallery, Tenafly, NJ
2012 Repetitive Nature, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
2012 Squared, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2011 Repetitive Nature, Chashama 217 Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Collective senses, Earlville Opera House Gallery, Earlville, NY
2006 Memories of Reconstruction, T-Space, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Curator's Choice 2025, 150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2024 The colors and stories of December, KCC Gallery, Tenafly, NJ
2024 Converge, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Dissonance and Harmony, ACC Gallery, Tenafly, NJ
2023 Again and Again, Park Towne Place Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2022 New Now V, Inliquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Spectrum, Stayhome Gallery, Paris, TN
2020 Contrast, Daall Gallery at Rue Du Bois, Cherry Hill, NJ
2018 Somewhere over the interconnected rainbow, Drawing Room, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Summer Group Show, Art Mora Gallery, Ridgefield Park, NJ
2017 The Art Project, 160 1st Street Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Seoul_New York Project, Riverside Art Gallery, Hackensack, NJ
2015 The Big Small Show 2015, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2015 WOW II, Art Mora Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Confessions, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
2014 Wow Art Show, Crossing 360 Gallery, Flushing, NY
2012 The Line, Reynolds Fine Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012 Linear Thinking, Welsh Gallery at Seton Hall Univ., West Orange, NJ
2012 Arc-types and Well-rounded Characters, 371 Studio Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2011 Drawing into Air, Maum Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Serenity, Blank Space Gallery, New York, NY
2010 NYFA Boot Camp Festival, NYFA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists, Arario Gallery New York, NY
2010 Still Present Pasts, Bishop Museum, Hawaii
2009 Generation VI, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 In Close Formation, Lee Gallery at Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC
2008 Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, New York, NY
2008 Still Present Past, Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA
2008 Other, Other, Longwood Arts, Bronx, NY
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2011 Vermont Studio Center – Full fellowship, Johnson, VT
2010 NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp, New York, NY
2009 PS122 Studio Program, New York, NY
2009 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
2008 Urban Artist Initiative, New York, NY
2007 Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studie, Red Wing, MN
2007 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE